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Throughout Tuesday, about 125 MIT faculty, students, and staff spread out across 16 nonprofits in Cambridge and Boston, as part of the second annual Together in Service Day, organized by the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center.

Coming together for a day of service and activism

Local volunteer projects and an extensive civic-engagement program draw more than 1,100 MIT community members.

April 20, 2017

Left to right: Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, MIT AgeLab Director Joe Coughlin, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Director Yossi Sheffi, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker

Governor Charlie Baker visits AgeLab at MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics

Baker-Polito administration establishes council to address aging in Massachusetts.

April 19, 2017

Featured video: Being the change

MIT students explore their interests in social change through the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center.

April 6, 2017

Members of The Engine's Board of Directors and Investment Advisory Committee at The Engine headquarters in Central Square (from left to right): Katie Rae, Robert Kraft, israel Ruiz, Anantha Chandrakasan, Linda Pizzuti Henry, Amir Nashat, Sue Siegel, David Fialkow, Jeremy Wertheimer, Brad Powell, Felipe Chico, and Jonathan Kraft.

The Engine closes its first fund for over $150 million

MIT’s new accelerator will now focus on selecting startups.

April 6, 2017

Thomas Friedman delivered the keynote address at the ninth annual Kendall Square Association (KSA) meeting.

KSA meeting focuses on digital globalization, emerging technologies

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman delivers keynote on how rising trends impact society.

March 30, 2017

Atlas Service Center opens in E17

Housed in a newly designed space, the center brings together an array of services for the MIT community, now in a single location.

March 13, 2017

A group of MIT students and community members join Boston University professor Nathan Phillips, right, on a gas leak safari.

Climate science takes to the streets

MIT students and community members go on the hunt for natural gas leaks.

February 28, 2017

Katie Rae has been named The Engine's president and CEO and managing partner of its first investment fund.

The Engine names startup and investing veteran Katie Rae as president and CEO

MIT’s new startup accelerator also announces its Board of Directors and Investment Advisory Committee.

February 13, 2017

View of Vassar Street in Cambridge, facing west. The West Garage parking facility is on the right side of the street.

West Garage site identified for new undergraduate residence hall

Centrally located dorm will enhance student life and learning experience, vibrancy of West Campus.

February 8, 2017

MIT Media Lab spinout Changing Environments is the brains behind the solar-powered Soofa Bench, which is equipped with an embedded charging station for mobile devices that also connects to wireless networks. Recently, the startup released the solar-powered Soofa Sign, which displays public transit times, weather, and events, among other city information.

Smart city fixtures

Startup brings solar-powered, phone-charging park benches and digital signs to cities worldwide.

January 27, 2017

The Volpe Center site sits in close proximity to MIT’s campus.

MIT signs agreement to redevelop Volpe Center

Institute will build new federal building, mixed-use development on the 14-acre parcel in Kendall Square.

January 18, 2017

Israel Ruiz, MIT’s executive vice president and treasurer, pictured here at the launch of The Engine, MIT’s new enterprise that aims to support local startups working on transformative technologies.

3Q: MIT’s investment in the Volpe Center property

Executive Vice President and Treasurer Israel Ruiz describes the transaction and its benefits for MIT and Cambridge.

January 18, 2017

Letter regarding the creation of The Engine Working Groups and Idea Bank

January 17, 2017

MIT continues to show support for community members impacted by Cambridge fire

Graduate Student Council sets up fire relief gift registry to aid displaced graduate students.

December 21, 2016

The 1960s were “a heady time for the nation,” recalled civil rights activist Janet Moses, left, at a luncheon celebrating “Activism in the Era of MLK.” Topper Carew, middle, a filmmaker originally from Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood and a principal investigator at MIT’s Media Lab, was also on the panel led by Institute Community and Equity Officer Edmund Bertschinger, right.

Pick an issue and dive in!

Veterans of civil rights movement urge students to join ongoing battle against injustice.

December 15, 2016

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